Upon observing an adult literacy class –
Tonight in this city
a child sits in her mother’s lap and listens
to her first
hesitant but determined
bed-time story
tomorrow a woman proudly marks
GED? /XX/ YES / / NO
on a job application
a man speaks his mind in English
lyrical with the accent of his native tongue
the power of language
speech & the written word
hope now has a voice
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